# CVE-2014-0491: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can bypass unspecified protection mechanisms in Adobe Flash Player and AIR, requiring user interaction to exploit.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xr84-5jch-8gg9

## What is CVE-2014-0491?

CVE-2014-0491 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Adobe Air, published on 15 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.260 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 12.0.0.38 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.335 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1390, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1390, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1390 allow attackers to bypass unspecified protection mechanisms via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0491?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Adobe Adobe Air, Adobe Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Flash Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0491?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-0491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Adobe Air

- [CVE-2014-0502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0502/): Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-0301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0301/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0303/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0306/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0491 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0491 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Adobe Air, published on 15 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Adobe Air. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0491/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0491
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0491
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0491

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